Superstition Collection (page 5)

The Ankh, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

The Abraxas, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

The Abracadabra, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Pisces, The Fishes, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Capricornus, The Goat, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Aquarius, The Water-Bearer, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Sagittarius, The Archer, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Scorpio, The Scorpion, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Libra, The Balance, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Gods Providence House, Chester, c1920s. During an outbreak of the plague during the 17th century, it is said that not a house in the city was spared except for this one in Watergate Street

Religious Ceremonies of the Nisovian Tunguzians, c1748. Indigenous Siberians sacrificing animals. A corpse lies exposed to the elements on a platform above

Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practicing their superstitious rites, 19th century. A fakir is a Sufi or Hindu ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic

Louis, the eldest son of Philip Auguste, king of France, lies ill in bed, 1191, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Louis, the eldest son of Philip Auguste, king of France, lies ill in bed, 1191, (1843). After a woodcut from the chronicles of St Denis written in the reign of Charles VI

Cardinal Beaufort, 1860. Artist: J White
Cardinal Beaufort, 1860. A 19th-century engraving after the painting Joan of Arc before Cardinal Beaufort. Joan, in chains, is interrogated by Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester in Rouen Prison

Illustration to the The Tale Ded Moroz. Artist: Polenova, Elena Dmitryevna (1850-1898)
Illustration to the The Tale Ded Moroz. Found in the collection of State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Necromancer, ca 1775. Artist: Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste (1734-1781)
The Necromancer, ca 1775. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Landscape with a Scene of Enchantment, ca 1590. Artist: Fiammingo, Paolo (c. 1540-1596)
Landscape with a Scene of Enchantment, ca 1590. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

A Knight, 1910. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
A Knight, 1910. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Svyatogor, 1942. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
Svyatogor, 1942. From a private collection

Boyan, 1910. Artist: Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947)
Boyan, 1910. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Woman in Red Dress, 1891. Gauguin, Paul Eugene Henri (1848-1903). Found in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

L Assemblee Nationale, 1804. Gillray, James (1757-1815). Private collection

Beer Street and Gin Lane 1, 1751. Hogarth, William (1697-1764). Private collection

Ivan IV of Russia demonstrates his treasures to the ambassador of Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1875. Litovchenko, Alexander Dmitrievich (1835-1890)

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus, 1824. David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825). Found in the collection of the Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo (1522?1562), wife of Grand Duke Cosimo I de Medici, c1545. Bronzino, Agnolo (1503-1572). Found in the collection of the National Gallery, Prague

Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. Artist: Bell
Hindu Fakirs practising their superstitious rites, 19th century. 1) The Great Tree of the Banyans. 2) A pagoda of the idol Mamaniva

Virgo, The Virgin, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Leo, The Lion, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Cancer, The Crab, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Taurus, The Bull, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Gemini, The Twins, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Aries, The Ram, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Hobgoblins, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Hobgoblins, 1799. Plate 49 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

When day breaks we will be off!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
When day breaks we will be off!, 1799. Plate 71 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Hush, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Hush, 1799. Plate 28 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain The series is evidence of the artists political liberalism

Joan of Arc in Prison, 1825. Artist: Paul Delaroche
Joan of Arc in Prison, 1825. Joan, in chains, is interrogated by a prelate in scarlet. Behind his chair a secretary stands recording the interrogation in a book

An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet, 1680. Title page of pamphlet by John Hill on the comet of December 1680 (Kirch)

Samoyed travelling on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, late 16th-early 17th century. Dutch depiction of a Samoyed man (indigenous Siberian) driving a sleigh or sledge

Nostradamus, 16th century French physician and astrologer, 1725. Portrait of Nostradamus or Michel de Nostredame (1503-1556) who wrote a series of famous but vague prophecies

Wooden model showing bakers at work, Egyptian, 12th Dynasty, c1900 BC
Detail from painted wooden scene of two bakers, Egyptian, 12th Dynasty, c1900 BC. Models such as this were placed inside tombs

Louisiana planter showing a voodoo charm to apprehensive plantation workers, 1886. Voodoo is a synthesis of Roman Catholic and West African magic and beliefs

German Almanac, 1484. Creator: Unknown
German Almanac, 1484

Thirteen at the Table from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

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